C12M 1/26
Inoculator or sampler
C12M1/26 (Inoculator or sampler) appears on 113 US grants and 185 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in C12M- Granted patents
- 113
- Published applications
- 185
- Assignees
- 142
- Inventors
- 472
- Latest grant
- 8 Sep 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | 1 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 |
| 2014 | 2 | 8 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 | 13 |
| 2018 | 5 | 24 |
| 2019 | 1 | 27 |
| 2020 | 13 | 25 |
| 2021 | 16 | 10 |
| 2022 | 14 | 15 |
| 2023 | 16 | 14 |
| 2024 | 10 | 19 |
| 2025 | 10 | 12 |
| 2026 | 8 | 4 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- C12M 1/28Being part of container25
- C12M 1/268Positioning tools for sampling or inoculating devices9
- C12M 1/32Multiple field or continuous type8
- C12M 1/264Devices involving centrifugal, centripetal or rotational forces6
- C12M 1/265Pipettes6
- C12M 1/266Magnetic separators6
- C12M 1/261Airborne microorganism samplers4
- C12M 1/267Biofilm separators3
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Recent patents
- Delivery consumable for delivering a fluid to a bioreactor8 Sep 2026US 12,728,422 B2Oribiotech LTD
- Biological sample storage tube cap, and biological sample storage container equipped with same2 Jun 2026US 12,643,106 B2Kitazato Corporation
- Fluid delivery consumable for delivering a fluid to a bioreactor28 Apr 2026US 12,611,674 B2Oribiotech LTD
- Field-deployable multiplexed sampling and monitoring device and bacterial contamination measurement method7 Apr 2026US 12,595,447 B2Fluidion SAS
- Filter and filter device31 Mar 2026US 12,589,338 B2Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
- Cell culture container, cell culture device, and cell culture method23 Jul 2026US 2026/0209661 A1Hitachi, Ltd.
- Robotic systems and methods for autonomous directed evolution of horizontally transferred nucleic acids16 Jul 2026US 2026/0201362 A1Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Fluid delivery consumable for delivering a fluid to a bioreactor9 Jul 2026US 2026/0192302 A1Oribiotech LTD
- Cell ejection apparatus, cell ejection method12 Feb 2026US 2026/0042991 A1Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
- Microparticle sorting device and microparticle sorting kit31 Jul 2025US 2025/0242347 A1Sony Group Corporation
Most cited
By later US patents
- Sampling ports and related container systems73US 7,487,688 B2HyClone Laboratories, Inc. · 2009
- Automated sample extractor or feeder/inoculator for bioreactors and similar equipment35US 6,133,022 ANL Technologies, Ltd. · 2000
- Bioprinting station, assembly comprising such bioprinting station and bioprinting method25US 9,039,998 B2Institut National De La Sante Et De La Recherche Medical (Inserm) · 2015
- Slow release microorganism dispenser12US 5,879,932 A1999
- Sampling ports and related container systems11US 7,878,079 B2HyClone Laboratories, Inc. · 2011